Mr. Scott of Virginia
(for himself and Mr. Cummings)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the
Judiciary

A BILL

To establish and operate a National Center for Campus
Public Safety.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the
Center to Advance, Monitor, and
Preserve University Security Safety Act of 2011 or the
CAMPUS Safety Act of
2011.

2.

National Center
for Campus Public Safety

Title
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new part:

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National Center
for Campus Public Safety

3021.

National
Center for Campus Public Safety

(a)

Authority To
establish and operate Center

(1)

In
general

The Director of the
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is authorized to establish and
operate a National Center for Campus Public Safety (referred to in this section
as the Center).

(2)

Grant
authority

The Director of the
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is authorized to award grants to
institutions of higher education and other nonprofit organizations to assist in
carrying out the functions of the Center required under
subsection (b).

(b)

Functions of the
Center

The Center shall—

(1)

provide quality
education and training for campus public safety agencies of institutions of
higher education and the agencies’ collaborative partners, including campus
mental health agencies;

(2)

foster quality
research to strengthen the safety and security of institutions of higher
education;

(3)

serve as a
clearinghouse for the identification and dissemination of information,
policies, procedures, and best practices relevant to campus public safety,
including off-campus housing safety, the prevention of violence against persons
and property, and emergency response and evacuation procedures;

(4)

develop protocols,
in conjunction with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security,
the Secretary of Education, State, local, and tribal governments and law
enforcement agencies, private and nonprofit organizations and associations, and
other stakeholders, to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from,
natural and man-made emergencies or dangerous situations involving an immediate
threat to the health or safety of the campus community;

(5)

promote the
development and dissemination of effective behavioral threat assessment and
management models to prevent campus violence;

(6)

coordinate campus
safety information (including ways to increase off-campus housing safety) and
resources available from the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland
Security, the Department of Education, State, local, and tribal governments and
law enforcement agencies, and private and nonprofit organizations and
associations;

(7)

increase
cooperation, collaboration, and consistency in prevention, response, and
problem-solving methods among law enforcement, mental health, and other
agencies and jurisdictions serving institutions of higher education;

(8)

develop
standardized formats and models for mutual aid agreements and memoranda of
understanding between campus security agencies and other public safety
organizations and mental health agencies; and

(9)

report annually to
Congress and the Attorney General on activities performed by the Center during
the previous 12 months.

(c)

Coordination
with available resources

In
establishing the Center, the Director of the Office of Community Oriented
Policing Services shall—

(1)

consult with the
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Education, and the Attorney
General of each State; and

(2)

coordinate the
establishment and operation of the Center with campus public safety resources
that may be available within the Department of Homeland Security and the
Department of Education.

(d)

Definition of
institution of higher education

In this section, the term
institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in
section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).

(e)

Authorization of
appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section $2,750,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through
2016.